WASHINGTON – Eli Duncan-High, 19, sat in row C in section 406 here on Thursday night, with a slight drizzle slowly abating before the Washington Nationals opened their season against the Mets.
A student at Northern Virginia Community College, Duncan-High wore a No. 22 Juan Soto jersey as he waited for the two teams to be introduced after a rain delay pushed back the first pitch to 8:21 p.m.
Duncan-High, who is interested in sports communications as a career, spoke eloquently about why he loves Soto after the retirement of Ryan Zimmerman.
“We lost that franchise player (but) Soto brought life to that,” said Duncan-High, who attended Thomas Edison High in Alexandria, Virginia and has been attending Nationals game for nearly 10 years.